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    Joun Dewey Art as Experience* Tue Live Creature By one ofthe ironic perverts tht often attend the cours of aus, the esence of the works of at upon whieh formation of an eatheti theony ‘pends ba become an obtiction to theory abo them For one eeson, these work reproduc tha xt eeraly sd ysl. In common cone ‘pion, te work of arti often dened ith he bing, bok, pling oF ‘tte ts cxstence apart rm hur experience. Sine the ata work of risa the prods does with nd inexperience, the ret nat orale to understanding In addition, the very perfection of seo thee product the peste they possess because of long history of waquertoned smi ton, rates conventions Ut get i Uh way of fe ight. When an art product once attains dase status, I somehow becomes slated from the {human condions under which twas brought io being and rom the uman ‘consequences engender in actal ivenperionce, ‘When arte object ar separated fom both conditions of gin and ‘operation in experiene, x wall bik around them that renders snost ‘aque thee goneralsignitcance, with which ethetc theory deals. Art Femlted oa separate en where ff fem that ssocaon wi the ‘Bates and sn of every other form of human efor, undergo, aad chlcvement. A pissy tak thar mmporad upon one who vndertakesf ‘write upon the pilsophy of the fin ats This ako restore cotiily TER tok nee to tater, res peince 25 ‘between the lined and intense forms of experience that are works af rt nd the everyday event doing and rlferings that are unlversaly recog. ied oconetute experience Higvinc aw Exresuence Experience occurs continous, beet he intracton oie return Environing conditions involved inthe very proces of ving. Unde cond flrs of retitance and conf, aspect and cement ofthe self andthe world that are imped i hs interaction quay experience wih emotions and ideas so tat consclos intent emerges ORerines, however, te experience Ta schon Thngeareexpeicced but oot nrc xray that they are Compote ito os expeienc There dracon and dsperion; what we ‘Shreve and wht we tink nat we dsr ad what we get are at ods with ‘Sh oher We pu our has wo te pow ad tr bc we start and hen we Sop, noc bens nc experen bat eached the cd for the ak of which ‘at nitated bt because of exraneousnterrupions or of ines etary. Tcontmst wh ich experience we bie an experince when he mat sl expenenced rt coute to falilment Then and ten ol it te rtd within and demarcated inthe general stream of epeienee fom oer [perience A ples of wrk ssh in aya i nicoy «problem ‘etcvs ts sltion; gene played throghr aston, wheter hat of x ing mest ping noe of chew, caring on a coveraton, ing 2 ‘ora put ins pail cng, vo Founded ot tar donee 2 Consinimatin and not cestlon. Such an experienc isa whole and ca fie wih is om ining quay and selfsuliceney. ise pee ‘iowpher, even empiial philosophers, have spoken forthe most part esperence tre Teoma speeds however, refer to eperiences ‘Ent ot wich su having sont bong and end or eno ue {orm uninterupied mirc or fw. Te & ting of hori, each wih ‘oom plo ts own inception and movement oward clos cach Raving it ‘wn particular rhyme movement exch wih own erepeted guaiy erating thoughout A Dg ofa, medica ty pozeds by ind “aaned sept by anderen progresion, and an nine panes {last marked of rom eer things by abrupe dacetnes. aperencein val senses dcined by those son ad episodes thnk we Hpontucouy rele to as being “el experiences thee ng Of which wetay in rcaling them, "ax wes an experience” Kay have been Simedng of ween ert us wi on wo Intimate eaurtrophe fal averted bya hire breadth. Or Hay have ‘ben coring tan comparison wa ight-and whch petaps Deon of itsvery sighs astratral he ber what tobe an experience. Theres that malin a Pars restaurant of bch one sys "tat aan experienc. "Te ie ewer stands ot aan enduring memorial of wht food maybe, Then here hat orm one went rough in crossing the Alanine ere ha sere nt fury. amas experienced o sum up nl al tae x orm ean become Blt in el ang out bene marked ow fom shat wen ers ad st came ae In sich experiences, very macceine pre flows fee witht seam sd without unfled bas tow ens At thc ene ne ee saeice of the vltideny ofthe parts A ever, as dstnct om a pe, los Bat flow ges a defitcncr an interest oo sucenve pron {Beater dhan extn he homogenous porons of pond. In an expanence flows rom something to something hs one fart ens into anor tod ‘one prt caries on wat wen befor, each ges dntncmess ac. Tne ering whole drated by scene phase tat oc emphases of ta ice ‘Bera of continuous mer, ther ae no holes, mechanical june ‘ons and ded anes when we Haven epetonce These re poses ane rebut they pnetat and define the ay of ovement They som sp bhatt been undergone and prevent is asaton and ile evapora, Sontnued ezrin breather and recs par om ping dans on. Ina york fay ferent ny, esos, scureces mek and fase no uty, and et dono appear and le ther own characters they do 20 Jstas ina genial conversation there fa continous Interchange so end. ‘ng, and et each spear not ony retin hs own character bu mano ie smote cary than hs wow ‘An experience ha tity he ge ie mame, a mea at so, A rope often. The Extent nl coma ys Sg ual tht pervades the cote experience inspite ote tran tr oo tacit part This unity nter emotional rate or intl, for these terms rae ditions tht flat can make wi cn decry seat an epee, we mus make we neces of rpc, {oing over an enperence in mind ofr occurrences ne my Hd that one ‘ropes rthr dan another ws sficenty dominant oat creas {hetexpeioce a awn There ae shoeing nui eil peas hich ascent man and philosoper wll real ss expeenes” te ‘zaptatsee. nina port thy ae nlc Bn esta ‘ence they were emotional swe dey were purpoue and voto. Yer the perience ws nota sun of hese ferent eters they wee In nies ‘ncve tats. No thinker can ply fr oecupaton view heared aod ‘evar by total integra pein tre nly norte Wide ‘ut them he woud never tow nha it ely ton and woul becom ley at sn angi el ug fen be pos ale The {ng goe on in ras of teas bt ie cs orm tin ony becuse ey a ich more tan what an anayepycology cl Wenn se poses inesionaly sna prcclyddnghe, os Goong undying ua they are kd moving varadons nt separate ad inependent fhe Locke nee Bpince 297 ane Hume's socal ideas nd lnpeessions, but are subi shadings of pe ‘ding and developing hae 'Ar denotes a proces of ding or making. This 5 true ofa as of technolagal are Artinwalves molding of cay, chipping of ate casing of ‘bronze, lying on of pigments, constucsion of bitdig, singing of ong laying of instrument, enacting eles onthe stage going though syne ‘movements inthe dance, Every at docs cometh wit some peal mate al the body o something oul Ue body, wih + wlhout ewe of inter ‘ening oo and with a uew to production of somehing vl, ae of tangle. So marked ithe ace or “doing” pase ofthat the ditions ‘nuly define It Interna of sled acon bility in encaton. The Oxford Dictionary tte by 3 quotation fom Jon Start Mi “Art ban endesor ster petecion incon” whe Mathew Armold cal e"pure and aes ‘workmanship “The word esheets, awe Rave seady noted to experience appreciate, perceiving and exjoingedentes the conser Faher than the producer’ standpoint. Ils Gusto, tte and, with cooking oer sil Ialactonisontheske ofthe cook who prepsey, wile ate so te sae of {he consumer asin gardening teres dstnion bewoen the arene who plants and andthe householder who enjoys the finshed product “These very sratons however aswell asthe ton tat extn t= ing an experience beeen ding and undergoing indatethat he dtinction lbtwoen exec and ati cannot be pressed ofr ao become a spare tion. Perfecon in execution cannot he measoredor defined in tru of exe {toni impis those who perceive and enjoy the proc hat executed, ‘The cook prepares food for te eonsurer and the measure ofthe ve of what is prepared is found in consumption. Mere perfection in excrton, Judged foi opm terms in lation, ean pote be tained beter by & ‘machine dan by human ar By te ee st most tebniqu, and thee are iret ats who are notin he fs rank technics (ines Cerne) ‘Hs as there are great performers on the plano who are not gest eat Calan a Sargent nota great pater. ‘Craftsmanship to be artiste in the final sense must be “loving it snust care deeply for the subject matter pon wich sili exercised A Sculptor comes to mind whose buss sre marvelously exact might be Aiea fo tll ithe presence ofa photograph of ene of them a of photograph of the orginal whieh was ofthe peron inset. For vitcsty they are remarkable: But one doubt whether the maker of de ust ba ‘experience of his own that he war concerned to have howe share who look this produc, To be rly art a work mut also be ethetic-that famed for enjoyed receptive perception. Constant observation iy of ‘course, necessary for dhe maker while i prodclng, But itis perception ‘Snot also esthetic in nature, tia colori and col recognition of what har been done, used ata stimulus tothe net step inn process that essenilly mechani! la shor art in is form, utes the very sme relation of doing and undergoing, outgoing and incoming energy, tat makes am experience tobe an experience. Because of elimination of all hat dacs ov contribute to ‘mutual orguiation ofthe fctors ofboth asin snd reception nto one nother, and bra of telecon offs the aspect and tas ha cout ‘o thee imexpenetation of ech other, the produc Ina work of exter Man wes cave, sng, dances, gestures, told ams and pals The doing or aking i attic when the peeved rene of ech nature a ‘qaltes a prin have control the queso of production The tt of ‘producing that decid by inten eo produce smcthing Ut exjoyed i {he immesinte experience of perceving assualt th spontaneous oF ‘eowtrled activity does not have. The art embodies in mac he st td of the peresive wile he wor. ‘Tum Exenassive Owecr "Expression, like cons-ueton signifies both an ation and es result The bist ‘per corded itas an act Weare now concerned ith he product, he object that expressive, chat says something tow. IF the to meanings ate Separated, the objec is viewed In lation fromthe operation wisps dhce i and therfore apare rom invialty of vio, since the ct pro: ‘reds fom an individual Ive creture, Thetis which sce upon “ox ‘on aif it denoted simply the objet, any isso the utero ta the objet of ats purely representative of omer object aendy In extenee They ignore the india contebton which makes the abject something. new. They dell upon is “univer” character, and pn seaming ‘mbiquous tr a8 we shal sx: On the ofer hand, lation Othe ot eapresig from the expressiveness pasesed by the eject eae to the win {hat expression smarely a proce of charging personal emesion-the com cept etched thet chapter “Theuceexpresed ty the wine presi what te because ofa pir ac, and tis someting new and disinctve te doesnot merely represen oe ‘ings. Yet thas something in common with athe objec snd t's made to sppeal to other persons than the one who produced ie A poem snd picture reset material passed through the slembic of personal experience They hse no precedents in existence or in unter being But, nonetelsy, hee ‘terial cae trom the pubic world ands huis in common wh the ‘material of othe: experiences, wile the prod! taken: in other persons ew perceptions ofthe meaning ofthe common work The oppostons af Inddal and univers ofeujectv and objeine of redorn ae aren sic piosophers hie reveled lve no plac lathe wrk of art Eapresion & persona act and as objective esl are onpaicly connected wih each "eis moc necessary, therefore, wo go nto these metaphyseal questions ‘Wemay approach che mater direc, What dese mea toa) has work of sneer 298 ste representa, sine iat be representative in some sens i eis ‘cocaine? To yin general hata worKof ato not eps s ‘meting or te word ar many meaning. Am fates eps {Sve qty ay bs scone eke sn ee anche fer epee Suton i sgited by “represen then te work of tno ots ture, for seh ew ignore te uiguenes of i wotk ac to he pest Ime trough whi scenes and events ave psd Maiae ald a ie Camera ws rest boon to painters ace chr them Wom any appre ‘esi of epying obec But epee ay soo me tn wok of tte someting to hoe we enjoy bout the ature of hes Ow Sxperons a the word ae presente word int now enperence wich a endege 7 a mbit sted the qucaton of meaning in a wok ofa Words re symbol hich represent lec and sera in the ene ofan {ng for thems in tnt ene hey have meaning. A aboard hss easing len sso many also sch and sch ae, ethan ero posing {he drcedon. ut meaning in tese vo ens has pry extra eee nce: wands for someting by potting toe Meaning dacs ne belo fo ‘he word and sgsbord of ov ne ight They have meaning inthe tems in wich tn sige fora orm pes cove tw Bt eee ‘ther mening that preset themscerdreiy so poneions of shes stich se enperencod: Here dhe so ned fora fade or coenton of Interrestion the menting ar ineret nines experince i that tower garden. Dena of meaning to work of at thas as vo aly sere sitions cay sgl that» woo of at has no he ind of Sheng that eng sgn nd sys in mathematica conten ht ‘Shae ray gy that he wrk oar whet meng none hoe te ek far cet dec nthe at wi indy ngs hes wed to gal stir ship’ bor doc hve tat posed By Hage hen yar ane to donors the cto ship fora dance Since thre te prenamaby none who ten 0 ae hat works 032 ace without nng de vone of ng sens gh som oI ey Spy Intec wo acho cera nesting, esting at eer ove thework of art et Uafotmatey, however theese nots mpl The dent of mexing tt unaly rer ypn the msropon tat he ing of ‘ae (nd mean) ata wa fart pasos iso oq tai wit Common or connection withthe cont ar moder af expeience than the ete It shor another way of upbolding wha are led the esoteric iden of fne eke conceplon pled the west of (Sth expres net ro he pono ptr yd she woh ‘tartan unig uy bx ti of Safig ad oncentaing ‘meaning contanedin seared snd weakened ways he ate foe oe “The problem in hand ey be approached by drawing a dancin bereen epresson and satement Selene states ang at expres hem. Its posse hit this remark weil trae the iene vein ‘mind beter than wl any amount of explanatory comment. Yet | Yentare Upon some degre of ampiseason. The lance oa signbond nay help. 1

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